Germany will persist in fighting climate change despite having to rely on phased-out power plants to offset the effects of energy shortages caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, according to Bloomberg.
“The fact that we now have to temporarily use some power plants that have already been shut down due to Russia’s violent attack on Ukraine is bittersweet,” he said in a video message released today. “But it’s only for a very short time.”
“Because we are just getting started and we want to do everything we can to fight the climate crisis,” Scholz said, pledging that Germany will move forward with its plan to adopt renewable energy sources such as wind, biomass, solar power and hydrogen production to achieve net zero emissions by 2045.
The energy crisis has prompted Germany to delay decommissioning a number of coal- and oil-fired power stations totaling about 10 gigawatts of installed capacity, a move that researcher ICIS says will increase carbon dioxide emissions in the energy sector by 20% next year and by 17% in 2024.
Solz accused Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month of using natural gas deliveries as a political weapon after his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Capital
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